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    Flow rates and pressure formula for gland water service.

    I am in the midst of commissioning a mill which will extract gold. Question is; where can I find a formula for gland water service on a 14" by 12" slurry pump which will feed slurry to the cyclone pack 3 levels up?
  2. Ork1

    DO MAG-COUPLINGS SLIP?

    I am working at a gold mine in Alaska. We have recently installed several mag-couplings on certain pumps which pump processing chemicals, gland water, potable water. They are installed on pumps with vfd's and without. My question is very general in nature; Does the mag-coupling have a certain...
  3. Ork1

    Velocity vs. Discharge Piping Diameter

    I am using several 8x6 Warman slurry pumps with closed impellers. My discharge piping is 8" and 10" but I have a 6" spool piece fastened to the volute/case and a concentric that fits up to 8" or 10" respectively (6"x8" concentric). What changes would occur if I just came off the pump with an 8"...
  4. Ork1

    Underflow thickener pump problems..

    For our pre-leach thickeners we are using Vogelsang pumps. They are high maint. and very expensive. We want to cut costs and we are in the midst of installing an ODS pump with air assist and ball checks but current plant air pressures are not sufficient. I was just curious if anyone had a pump...
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    Formula for rolled up conveyor belting

    I was wondering if anyone has a formula for figuring out the length of a conveyor belt rolled up on a spool.
  6. Ork1

    Discharge pressure on submersible pump

    I am troubleshooting pump performance on a 58hp submersible Flygt pump. I want to install a pressure gage on the discharge pipe but the discharge pipe is flexible Goodall hose and is directly connected to the check valve. after the check valve it is 4" hard pipe. Should I drill and tap directly...
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    Discharge pressure on submersible pump.

    I am troubleshooting pump performance on a 58hp submersible Flygt pump. I want to install a pressure gage on the discharge pipe. The discharge pipe is Goodall hose connected to a check valve (4") then to hard pipe. Question: where is the best place to install a pressure gage? should I drill and...

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